HOTELIER OF THE WORLD
INDEPENDENT
IVAN
ARTOLLI
MANAGING DIRECTOR , HOTEL DE PARIS MONTE-CARLO , SOCIÉTÉ DES BAINS DE MER , MONACO
Ivan Artolli became managing director at the Hotel de Paris in July 2016 following 17 years at Rocco Forte Hotels .
In his first two years with Hotel de Paris , he oversaw a US $ 300 million refurbishment program while keeping the hotel in operation and preparing to reposition the property in line with its legendary “ Grande Dame ” hospitality tradition .
Born in Padua , Italy , Artolli has spent his entire working life in the luxury hospitality industry , gaining valuable experience at all levels in various hotel properties in Germany , the United Kingdom , France , Monaco , Belgium and Italy .
He studied in Abano Terme at the Pietro D ’ Abano Hotel school , obtaining a degree in hospitality , and also attended courses at the Hospitality School of Lausanne , Switzerland , and Cornell University in Ithaca , New York .
Upon graduating from hospitality school , Artolli worked at the Adriatico Palace in Trieste , Italy , where he rapidly climbed the ranks before joining Brenner ’ s Park Hotel in Baden-Baden , Germany . He joined The Lygon Arms in Broadway , United Kingdom , for a management training and eventually moved to Claridge ’ s in London at front desk .
After almost two years at The Ritz Paris , France , he moved to the Hotel de Paris Monte-Carlo as an assistant front office manager . Artolli joined the old Forte Hotels group in 1992 as a sales manager at the Beach Plaza in Monaco , later moving back to Paris where he worked at the Plaza Athénée as sales and marketing director .
At the beginning of 1997 , he returned to Italy to work at the Villa d ’ Este Grand Hotel in Cernobbio as sales and marketing director , before moving to the Grand Hotel in Milan as resident manager .
Artolli joined the new Rocco Forte
Hotels group in January 2000 as general manager of RF Hotel Savoy in Florence , Italy . From there he moved to RF Hotel Amigo in Brussels , Belgium , in June 2002 where he oversaw the completion of the hotels £ 17.5 million refurbishment and built the property ’ s reputation as the best hotel in Belgium . He then joined the RF Balmoral Hotel Edinburgh in 2007 where he remained until August 2011 before appointing a new general manager to allow him to take up the position of RF Company operations director for United Kingdom , Russia and Belgium .
In February 2014 , Artolli became managing director of Verdura Resort while retaining his responsibilities as operations director at the Amigo Hotel in Brussels and as a member of the Rocco Forte Company executive committee . Artolli is fluent in Italian , French ,
German and English .
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